Malory Nye argues that the idea of Britishness, or British values, evolved at a time when Britain was engaged in the wider world whilst remaining ideologically separate from it. Today, the peoples that were once part of the Empire but not part of Britain, are imbedded with in, and the conceptions of Britishness have changed as a result.
Monishankar Prasad argues that the current policy of ‘Demonetisation’ in India reflects a policy process in which the technocrats were able to bypass participatory democracy. This article unearths the various layers of this radical event to make some sense of the wider ramifications of the politics of the digital in Asia.
Liam Maddrell evaluates the merit of the ‘American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017 placed to revoke US sponsorship of and partnership with the United Nations. Maddrell argues that the next four years will require unparalleled vigilance from not only Americans, but also from the wide world.
Parag Khanna explain why he thinks America needs to graduate from indirect democracy to direct technocracy.
Michael Kim, a doctoral researcher at the Columbia University, mounts an excellent critique of the way contemporary war stories are written. He argues that the contemporary trend of war stories is evading many layers of meaning related to war and trauma.
Malory Nye argues that while the new Martin Scorsese’s new film Silence is apparently about Portuguese Catholic missionaries in Japan, in effect the film raises difficult questions about white racial identities that are highly relevant to the world we now find ourselves living in.
Alochonaa’s journey ends here and now!
The blog is not in operation anymore. We thank all the editors, contributors, newspapers and media who republished our content and helped us grow. We are proud of our achievement. What started as an experiment by few PhD students at Griffith University, Australia, turned out to be a source of reference for many academic articles and books.
Even though we are finishing our journey, we will still maintain the site for educational purpose.
Good Bye and Thank You!
Alochonaa (Dialogue) 